In this book Abbey tells the story of a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world. The main character is Jack Burns a anarchist cowboy who wants to rescue his son from the city and its army. The army is controlled by a very insane but very authoritarian former officer who has reintroduced many of the less savory aspects of militarism and tyranny to the world. In many ways I found this the most enjoyable of Abbey’s books because his writing fits better in a post-apocalyptic world ...

So here I am late at night looking at a computer screen deciding what to type, or even whether it is worth it to type an introduction. This Posting will be the uncommon one because it will not involve the discussion of a book that I have read recently and wish to analyze and comb through to discover what pearls of wisdom it contains. And all books even the worst written has some pearls of wisdom even if that pearl is that some people should not be allowed near paper to write. So if you are ...